Abe, speaking to a parliamentary session Monday following North Korea's massive military parade and botched missile launch, said: "Needless to say, diplomatic effort is important to maintain peace". The U.S. Pacific Command said the missile "blew up nearly immediately", adding the type of missile was being analysed. The reported failed test comes at a time of year when North Korea has previously tried to launch missiles.

Turkey has also suffered renewed violence between Kurdish militants and security forces in the country's volatile southeast, as well as a string of bombings, some attributed to the Islamic State group, which is active across the border in Syria.

His opponents say the changes will lead to one-man rule and possibly a dictatorship . Opinion polls have shown a narrow lead for a "Yes" vote, which would replace Turkey's parliamentary democracy with an all-powerful presidency and may see Erdogan in office until at least 2029.

North Korea has conducted five nuclear tests, including two previous year. Blue huts straddle the border, where tense negotiations have been held between the North, South and the USA since armistice. After arriving in Seoul, the vice president placed a wreath at Seoul National Cemetery and then worshipped with military personnel at an Easter church service at the U.S.

The new constitution states that the next presidential and parliamentary elections are to be held simultaneously on November 3, 2019. The administration of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has claimed victory. Austrian Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz said the referendum was bound to complicate further cooperation between Ankara and the EU. "At the moment, this is a dubious vote", he said.

The joint U.S. -South Korean military camp is just outside the 2.5-mile-wide DMZ. North Korea's actions come as tensions on the Korean Peninsula have spiked. military personnel. The Pence visit to Seoul is the third by top officials from the Trump Administration, following visits by Secretary of Defense James Mattis in February and Secretary of State Rex Tillerson in March.

Tensions on the peninsula have ratcheted up in recent weeks, amid tit-for-tat saber-rattling from the USA and North Korea and analysts' warnings that North Korea was preparing for a sixth nuclear test. U.S. officials told CNN they did not believe the missile had intercontinental capabilities, and blew up nearly immediately after launch. "The President has no further comment", said Mattis.

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While the North did not conduct a nuclear test, the specter of a potential escalated US response trailed Pence as he began a 10-day trip to Asia amid increasing tensions and heated rhetoric. His visit comes just after a failed missile launch by the North. Secretary of Defense James Mattis said that President Donald Trump has been briefed on the failed launch and has no comment at this time.

A White House foreign policy adviser traveling with Pence said no US response to the missile launch was expected because there was no need for the U.S.to reinforce the failure. Pointing to the quarter-century since North Korea first obtained nuclear weapons, the vice president said a period of patience followed. The left-wing Democratic United Party has been critical of the deployment of THAAD and called for more engagement with North Korea to prevent further nuclearization.

The U.S vice president Mike Pence has declared the North Korean failed missile launch as provocative behavior. "Beijing should make clear to Pyongyang through diplomatic channels: if the DPRK in spite of the opposition of the global community (carry out a sixth nuclear test), China should cut off the vast majority of their oil supply and China should support the Security Council to pass new sanctions including this measure", the paper said , referring to North Korea by its official title, ...

The test launch came on the day after North Korea's military arsenal was displayed at a parade in Pyongyang. Earlier Monday, Pence visited with US troops at Camp Bonifas, just south of the DMZ. Abe also urged China and Russian Federation to play more constructive roles on the issue. Mr Pence voiced impatience with the unwillingness of Kim Jong-Un's regime to move towards getting rid of its nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles.